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Monochoria korsakowii / Mizuaoi ミズアオイ

Bloom time: September-October
　 　
Family:
　		 Pontederiaceae /
Mizuaoika


　

Species in the genus Monochoria:

Monochoria korsakowii / Mizuaoi
Monochoria vaginalis / Konagi

　
　 　

Monochoria korsakowii / Mizuaoi ミズアオイ

 　
Monochoria korsakowii is an annual herb, 20-40cm in height, occurring in paddies, marshes, or swamps; the radical leaves are heart-shaped, thick, glossy, and long petioles, its leaf blades measuring 10-20cm in length. With stem leaves, petioles are short. Racemes grow taller than the levels of the leaves and bear many bluish-purple flowers, 2.5-3cm in diameter, in racemose ways. Bloom time: September-October.
　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　

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